Faith Nyasuguta In a development analysts call historic, Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio – who became chair of ECOWAS in June – made a surprise one-day trip on Tuesday to meet with Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader, Captain Ibrahim Traore, at the presidential palace in Koulouba. This marks the first time an ECOWAS head has […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Zimbabwe’s richest man, Strive Masiyiwa, is set to change Africa’s digital landscape with a bold plan to build five artificial intelligence (AI) factories across the continent. Through his tech conglomerate Cassava Technologies, Masiyiwa is investing $720 million to construct these facilities in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Morocco and Egypt within the next year. […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The United States Mission in Nigeria has reaffirmed that visa application fees will remain strictly non-refundable and non-transferable, regardless of whether an applicant is granted a visa or denied one. In a public statement this week, the Mission explained that these fees are not tied to approvals but to the cost of processing […]
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Faith Nyasuguta South Africa has handed long-term leases to major foreign oil firms at its most important fuel import and storage hub, a move that ends years of uncertainty but also deepens concerns about the country’s dependence on multinational companies for its energy security. The Transport Ministry this month approved extended leases for some of […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Nigeria’s $20 billion Dangote Refinery has achieved a landmark success by delivering its first gasoline cargo to the United States, showcasing both its technical prowess and its ambition to become a heavyweight in the global fuel trade. The shipment, which met some of the world’s strictest environmental and quality standards, marks the first […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has delivered one of his strongest public rebukes of Israel in recent years, warning that its current policies are “blocking the road to peace” and threatening regional stability. Speaking at an emergency Arab-Islamic summit in Doha, the Egyptian leader told fellow heads of state that recent Israeli decisions […]
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Wayne Lumbasi The Trump administration has announced a significant shift in federal funding for minority-serving institutions. Nearly $500 million will be redirected to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), while $350 million will be cut from other minority-serving programs, including those serving Hispanic students. This move has sparked mixed […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A Lusaka court has sentenced two men to prison with hard labour after finding them guilty of plotting, through witchcraft, to assassinate Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema. Leonard Phiri, a village chief, and Jasten Mabulesse Candunde, a Mozambican national, were arrested last December after a cleaner reported “strange noises” near a government building. Police […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Once dubbed Ivory Coast’s “Iron Lady,” Simone Gbagbo has made one of the most dramatic comebacks in African politics. The 76-year-old former first lady, who once hid in a bunker to avoid arrest, has now been cleared to run in October’s presidential election. Standing before cheering supporters in Abidjan this month, she urged […]
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Faith Nyasuguta In a forceful weekend post on his social media platform, US President Donald Trump called on all 32 NATO member states to immediately stop buying Russian oil and to jointly impose tariffs of 50 to 100 percent on Chinese goods. Trump argued that NATO’s ongoing purchase of Russian energy while financing Ukraine’s defense […]
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